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. >>> thanks so much for joining us tonight. can a politician simply refuse to debate her opponents and refuse to answer questions from reporters and still get elected? we will soon find out. fresh from her debate disaster, arizona's governor says never again, no more debates, period. wait until you hear the reason she says she took part in that one disastrous debate wednesday. according to her, it wasn't to talk to voters. it was money, $1.7 million. we're keeping them honest. >>> also tonight another politician that seems to be dodging questions and responsibility, democratic congresswoman eddie bernice johnson, now blaming her top staffer for a scholarship scandal, giving thousands in charities of scholarship money to her relatives and staffer's relatives. >>> we're tracking earl up the east coast, though nowhere near as strong as anyone feared. it's now closing in on new england. where, when and how badly it could affect your labor day weekend. >>> andre agassi dominated tennis and, for much of his life, hated every single m
. >>> thanks so much for joining us tonight. can a politician simply refuse to debate her opponents and refuse to answer questions from reporters and still get elected? we will soon find out. fresh from her debate disaster, arizona's governor says never again, no more debates, period. wait until you hear the reason she says she took part in that one disastrous debate wednesday. according to her, it wasn't to talk to voters. it was money, $1.7 million. we're keeping them honest....
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the congressional black caucus foundation, has told us -- we had them on the other night, they told us, that each of your relatives said they were not relative on the form. they signed off that everything was true on the application. >> i'm sorry that happened. i'm not even aware of it and i know that my grandkids didn't do this intentionally. i don't even know if they've seen the forms because i hadn't seen the forms until this year. >> well, they signed the forms. >> let me assure you that i have repaid all of the money. i'm not blaming anybody but myself. i'm taking full responsibility. and i'm going to move forward. >> well, representative johnson, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> congresswoman johnson's take on the scandal. joining me now is todd gillman of "the dallas morning news," who broke this story and has new developments. todd, thanks so much for being with us. todd, what did you think of that interview? that happened last night. what did you make of it? >> you got a lot of answers out of her. and you asked a lot of really terrific qu
the congressional black caucus foundation, has told us -- we had them on the other night, they told us, that each of your relatives said they were not relative on the form. they signed off that everything was true on the application. >> i'm sorry that happened. i'm not even aware of it and i know that my grandkids didn't do this intentionally. i don't even know if they've seen the forms because i hadn't seen the forms until this year. >> well, they signed the forms. >> let me...
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some hope. ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> in a moment at the end of the show, something to make you laugh before you go to bed, the double rainbow guy. >>> also, the latest on hurricane earl, the new report on the strength of it, where it's heading. >>> right now, reports 360 dispatch, half a world away, the horror of pakistan's floods continues to mount, more than 1,600 people dead, millions affected and entire communities gone. that's the reality for pakistan's hundreds of thousands of people now living in makeshift camps, refugees from the disaster, internally displaced people. through all their suffering, there are signs of hope, though. 360 dispatch with sanjay gupta in pakistan. >> reporter: here in pakistan, there are fields of dreams. they look like this, mixed with pain and poverty. but spend some time here and look closer. this is something maybe you wouldn't expect to see. we're in this tent and all the kids in this particular tent are doing their homework. this is ramsha, she is 8 years
some hope. ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> in a moment at the end of the show, something to make you laugh before you go to bed, the double rainbow guy. >>> also, the latest on hurricane earl, the new report on the strength of it, where it's heading. >>> right now, reports 360 dispatch, half a world away, the horror of pakistan's floods continues to mount, more than 1,600...
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>>> thanks for joining us. tonight, breaking news, the imam who wants to build that islamic community center and mosque near ground zero is breaking his silence for the first time since the controversy erupted, saying whether he is willing to move the mosque or not. >>> u.s. military says burning the koran will endanger our troops. does the pastor care? we'll ask him. he also says he's doing this to honor the 9/11 victims. but does he even know the names of any of those who lost their lives? find out in a moment. >>> later, what appears to be new evidence in the case of a congresswoman who gave her relatives and her staffers' relatives tens of thousands in charity scholarship money, instead of to needy kids in her district, like she was supposed to. she says she wasn't paying attention to it. but now, we have letters that appear to be just the opposite, evidence that, if true, she was steering the scholarships not to the colleges but directly into her relatives' pockets. >>> a poverty is planning on burning kor
>>> thanks for joining us. tonight, breaking news, the imam who wants to build that islamic community center and mosque near ground zero is breaking his silence for the first time since the controversy erupted, saying whether he is willing to move the mosque or not. >>> u.s. military says burning the koran will endanger our troops. does the pastor care? we'll ask him. he also says he's doing this to honor the 9/11 victims. but does he even know the names of any of those who...
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thanks for joining us, everyone. breaking news if you live from the carolinas to cape cod, stay up with us, the first big hurricane in years to threaten the east coast is getting ready to batter it. there it is, hurricane earl, somewhat weaker than it was last night but strong enough to do some damage and close enough to be felt on the outer banks of north carolina. you can see by the surf, 12 feet and rising, according to local reports. the area already under evacuation orders. local station wact reporting that authorities are using a reverse 911 system, calling local homes, warning anyone who answers to leave. covering it all for us, chad myers tracking the storm, rob marciano in kill devil hills, north carolina, and also tonight on cape cod where the storm is expected tomorrow, susan candiotti. a lot of plans for this labor day weekend could be upset. let's first go to chad myers. chad, where is it, how bad is it? >> it is off the coast of north carolina. it would be almost due east of what we would call morehead
thanks for joining us, everyone. breaking news if you live from the carolinas to cape cod, stay up with us, the first big hurricane in years to threaten the east coast is getting ready to batter it. there it is, hurricane earl, somewhat weaker than it was last night but strong enough to do some damage and close enough to be felt on the outer banks of north carolina. you can see by the surf, 12 feet and rising, according to local reports. the area already under evacuation orders. local station...
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thanks for joining us. you said you didn't know the rules for this scholarship and didn't know that you couldn't give the money to your grandson and other relatives of yours and a member of your staff. how is that possible, that you didn't know that not only was this against the rules of the scholarship, but simply unethical? >> well, let me just say this. i was not aware of the rules. the rules have been very ambiguous. there were some rules that come out last year, but, you know, i have acknowledged i made a mistake. i have tried to make everything whole. i have paid all the money out of my personal funds. and i'm ready to move on. >> you say the rules were ambiguous prior to last year and that you didn't know what the rules were. we found the 2008 scholarship application, and on it, it says, quote, employees and/or relatives of cbc members, cbc spouses, cbc foundation, the board of directors are ineligible for the scholarship program. we also went back and found the 2006 guidelines from four years ago an
thanks for joining us. you said you didn't know the rules for this scholarship and didn't know that you couldn't give the money to your grandson and other relatives of yours and a member of your staff. how is that possible, that you didn't know that not only was this against the rules of the scholarship, but simply unethical? >> well, let me just say this. i was not aware of the rules. the rules have been very ambiguous. there were some rules that come out last year, but, you know, i have...
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thanks for joining us, everyone. picture this, you wake up one day and discover a public official is targeting, you he singled you out by name and set up a blog dedicated solely to making vicious allegations against you, calling you a nazi, all that for starters. weird thing is you don't even know the guy and you're not even out of college yet. sound like a nightmare? it's happening to a college student in michigan and tonight we confront the public official behind it. we're going to ask him, why this kid and how does he justify targ he etting him? also breaking news, growing concerns about a possible al qaeda commando attack with gunmen on city streets storming hotels, shooting anyone in their path. if you remember the attacks on mumbai, this would be the sequel. we've got the latest where officials fear it could happen and where the killers could be coming from. >>> and later the defense rested in the two men accused in the horrific home invasion and murder in connecticut. we'll show you what kind of defense they p
thanks for joining us, everyone. picture this, you wake up one day and discover a public official is targeting, you he singled you out by name and set up a blog dedicated solely to making vicious allegations against you, calling you a nazi, all that for starters. weird thing is you don't even know the guy and you're not even out of college yet. sound like a nightmare? it's happening to a college student in michigan and tonight we confront the public official behind it. we're going to ask him,...
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stay with us. we'll come back to you. john king, appreciate the reporting. >>> now our "keeping them honest" report. politicians distorting the truth and doing what it takes to get your vote. two new campaign ads distort the facts through clever editing. one ad belongs to a democrat and one to a republican. we're calling them out because anyone that wants your vote shouldn't insult your intelligence by trickier. this is by alan greyson running against daniel webster who he calls "taliban dan." >> religious fanatics try to take away our freedom in afghanistan and iran and right here in central florida. >> why submit yourself to your own husband. >> daniel webster wants to impose his radical fundamentalism on us. >> she should submit to me. >> webster tried to deny battered women medical care and the right to divorce their abusers. he wants to force raped women to bear the child. taliban dan webster, hands off our bodies and our laws. >> labeling your opponent, "the taliban" is deeply offensive and f
stay with us. we'll come back to you. john king, appreciate the reporting. >>> now our "keeping them honest" report. politicians distorting the truth and doing what it takes to get your vote. two new campaign ads distort the facts through clever editing. one ad belongs to a democrat and one to a republican. we're calling them out because anyone that wants your vote shouldn't insult your intelligence by trickier. this is by alan greyson running against daniel webster who he...
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are they using this? >> no. i think it's very unfair to say and very unfair to demonize 70% of americans who have serious questions about this. i've been called a hater, islam-aphobe and bigot because i raised questions. i don't agree with mayor bloomberg but i don't think he's using it for politics. governor paterson tried to find a compromise. i don't think that's political. but to say anybody who disagrees with them or disagrees with me or who thinks this is an unwise choice, they're bigots, islam-aphobes and, yes, have ulterior motives. most of the 70%, if you look at the polls, aren't questioning the right to put a mosque or church anywhere. they're questioning whether this is a good idea to put this $100 million structure -- originally it was called an islamic facility. tonight the imam called it an interfaith center, i believe. let's do this. let's ask him to do this. it's 15 floors. let's put a church on a high floor. after all, christians were the ones who founded this great nation, then a synagogue, je
are they using this? >> no. i think it's very unfair to say and very unfair to demonize 70% of americans who have serious questions about this. i've been called a hater, islam-aphobe and bigot because i raised questions. i don't agree with mayor bloomberg but i don't think he's using it for politics. governor paterson tried to find a compromise. i don't think that's political. but to say anybody who disagrees with them or disagrees with me or who thinks this is an unwise choice, they're...
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. >> pastor terry jones joins us now. as you know, david petraeus, the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan said yesterday of your event, and i quote, it could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall evidencer effort in afghanistan, it is precisely the kind of action the taliban uses and could cause significant problems, not just here but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the islamic community. you're being warned by the u.s. military that your koran burning will put the lives of american service men and women in danger. does that give you pause at all? do you care about the safety of our troops? >> yes, it does. we are taking his concerns very seriously. >> what does that mean? are you going to toin -- are you going to burn the korans? >> right now we have plans to continue. we are thinking about it. we are praying about it. as i said, we are taking his concerns very seriously. we just have the concern as to how far do we go as americans? when do we back down? when does the time come that we speak
. >> pastor terry jones joins us now. as you know, david petraeus, the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan said yesterday of your event, and i quote, it could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall evidencer effort in afghanistan, it is precisely the kind of action the taliban uses and could cause significant problems, not just here but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the islamic community. you're being warned by the u.s. military that your koran burning will...